Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Sometime in the 1990's, Martha Stewart got me obsessed with turkey red damask fabric after seeing photos from her house. I went to several flea markets, tag and estate sales hoping to get my hands on a tablecloth or two. I was pretty sure after a long search Martha had already bought up all the good ones!

From my tear sheets...details unknown.

But I finally scored a small one that had holes and was badly stained. I made a little pattern of a stocking that I traced out of my daughter's coloring book! Then I convinced a friend with sewing skills to make these mini stockings. We were able to do 9 in all. Three for her, three went to another friend and three I kept. I must confess, I wish I had kept them all to hang on a small tree or somehow re-work for place cards!

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Fireplace mantle in the A&A master bedroom

The sheer and satin ribbon was added to give them a little something to make them look polished. It's never been changed and has held up well after being packed away each year. These sachets were filled with lavender from Crabtree & Evelyn and still smell great! They could just have easily been turned into ornaments with a ribbon loop. So, if you happen to have a few yards of favorite fabric or an old tablecloth you love...create something special!

Beautiful! Homemade stockings are some of my favorite Christmas decorations. I love the idea of making them into homemade sachets too... I think you just solved one of my homemade gift dilemmas! Thank you!!!

What gorgeous little stockings! Love the fabric also and will have to keep my eyes open for any here, am crazy for the red. The stockings look so cute on your mantle. I still have not finished arranging christmas decorations yet...so many things on at this time of year.

Martha got me one year with stockings made from vintage ingrained carpet remnants. As luck would have it, I was at an antique show a few weeks after I watched her make these beautiful creations and found a divine piece in all the rich colours just tailor made for my family room. I've made two large ones and even had enough left over to fashion one for Edward when he joined the family, and a small one when Apple moved in a couple of months later. That Martha does often have the best ideas!

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